Animal-trap



(No Model.)"

J. T. T. KISING-ER.

' ANIMAL TRAP.

.No. 449,857. Patented Apr. '7, 1891.

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PATENT FFICE.

JOHN TETOR TILMON KISINGER, OF BELTON, MISSOURI.

ANlMAL-TRAP.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,857, dated April 7,1891.

Application filed December 11, 1890. Serial No. 374,342. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN TETOR TILMON KISINGER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Belton, in the county of Cass and Stateof Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Animal-Traps; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and tothe letters of referencemarked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings represents a side elevation of my improvedanimal-trap, partly in section; Fig. 2, a top plan view with thebait-receptacle partly in section; Fig. 3, adetail-view in perspectiveof the trip which releases the latch. Fig. at represents a detailperspective view of the latch.

The present invention has relation to certain new and usefulimprovementsin animaltraps; and it consists in the several details of constructionsubstantially as shown in the drawings, and hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a suitable support, to whichare connected the operating parts of the trap, and B represents aperforated metal bait-receptacle of any preferred shape and size, theperfora- I tion allowing the odor of the bait to pass through.

The receptacle B has a platform a, upon which the bait rests, so as toelevate it above the support A, and has arms 0 extending out at an anglefrom a perpendicular to form bearing for the journals 1) upon the sidesof a double-headed hammer D, the heads E having spikes c, which extendin opposite directions, as shown.

To the platformA is suitably pivoted a latch F, having arearwardly-extending arm G,bent as shown, and having at its extremity acatch (Z. The arm G of the latch extends over a trip H, and the catchportion thereof extends down through a slote in said trip and passesunder the vertical wing f of the trip to hold it stationary.

The trip H is of peculiar construction that is to say, it consists ofthe vertical porthe latter serving as a small platform upon which theanimal steps when attempting to obtain access to the bait. The wing fmay be vertical or slightly on an incline, as it wouldmake no materialdifference as to the operation of the trip, said trip having an eye h,through which passes apin t, rigidly-secured at its ends to the arms 0,and a spring is, secured tothe pin and bearing on the wing f, so as tobring the trip back to its normal position when pressure is removed fromthe platform g. One end of a flat coiled spring I is rigidly connectedto one of the journals 1) and the other end connected to a slotted plateZ, extending laterally from one of the arms 0.

In setting the trap the hammer D is turned in opposite directions fromthat indicated by the arrows until the spring is wound up or closelycoiled, the beveled shoulders m on the heads of the hammer allowing theheads to pass over the end of the latch as'they are brought in contacttherewith in winding up the spring I, while the fiat side of the headsopposite to the beveled shoulders prevent the hammer from turning in the.opposite direction by contact therewith of the latch F. The spring Ibeing wound up and the hammer in position shown in Fig. 1, and the catchd engaging with the lower edge of the wing f of the trip H, as shown inFig. 1, and bait placed in the receptacle B, the trap is now set andready for work. As the rat or other animal passes onto the platform 9 ofthe trip H, the platform will be depressed and the wing f forced back,which will release the catch d, and the pressure of the hammer-headagainst the latch F will force it down out of engagement and the hammerrelease itself, and in its course (indicated by the arrows) strike theanimal a powerful blow and at the same time force the spike into it andthrow the animal oif the platform. The hammerhead as it again comes incontact with the latch F will be held thereby, and the spring 76 of thewing f will bring it back to its normal position over the catch d, whenthe trap is again set automatically for another animal.

The spring I should be of such length and strength as to enable the trapto be several times automatically set and operated without the necessityof rewinding the spring.

Having now fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by (Z, and the slotted tripII, operating therewith, Letters Patent, is substantially as and for thepurpose set forth. In an animal-trap, the bait-receptacle B, Intestimony that I claim the above I have having outwardlyextending arms0, the hereunto subscribed my name in the pros- 5 double-headed hammerpivoted thereto and enoe of two Witnesses.

having heveled shoulders 771, end thespring' m0. TETOR TILMON SINGER. I,operatingon SZUCI hammer, 1n combination with the pivoted latch F,adapted to engage \Vitnosses: with the end of the hammer and terminatingGEO. B. STROTHER, to in a rearwardiy-oxtending' arm G and catch S. D.SPRINKLE, Jr.

